A man, who is currently serving 80 years behind bars for the brutal murder of taxi driver, Bhomeshwar Sukhdeo, has moved to the Court of Appeal seeking to have his conviction and sentence overturned.

In 2015, Balram Singh was found guilty by a 12-member jury for the murder of Sukhdeo, who was killed between January 19 and January 27, 2010. Singh was sentenced by Justice Navindra Singh at the Demerara High Court.
Dissatisfied, Singh, through his attorney, Nigel Hughes, has appealed the conviction and sentence, arguing that the trial was unfair, and that the judge erred in law. The case is expected to be heard on January 25.

The Guyana Chronicle had reported that the taxi driver was last seen alive on January 19, 2010. Subsequently, a search was launched for him and his car.

On January 27, 2010, his car was found at a vehicle body workshop in Herstelling New Scheme, East Bank Demerara, and later, his burnt body was discovered at Mocha Arcadia Access Road, EBD.